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RETURN No. 6. Estimated Cost of Construction of Railways, Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest earned on Capital expended on Opened Lines.

Note.—The amount stated as cost of construction of opened lines includes the Provincial and General Government expenditure on railways, but does not include expenditure on the Greymouth and Westport Harbour Works. A. C. Fife, Eailway Accountant.

1886. 1887. 1888. 1893. 1894. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. Section. State of Line. °Cr,r° f Net of struction. Revenue. Interest. C Con 01 Net Eate of struction. j Revenue. Interest. C Co n ° f Net Rate of struction. Revenue. Interest. c ° st of Net Rate of struction. Revenue. Interest. Cost of Net Eate of . Revenue. Interest, struction. Cost of Construction. Net Eate of Revenue. Interest. C Con° f Net Eate of struction. Revenue. Interest. Cost of Construction. Net Rate of Eevenue. Interest. Cost of Construction. Net Revenue. Rate of Interest. Kawakawa Opened Unopened Opened Unopened Opened Unopenea Openea £ 89,441 £ 958 £ s. d. 115 £ 90,528 £ 1,951 £ s. d. 2 3 1 £ 90,069 £ 1,393 £ s. d. 1 10 11 89,993 £ 973 £ s. a. 118 £ 90,235 £ 857 £ s. a. 0 19 0 £ 90,235 £ 1,039 £ s. a. 13 0 £ 90,337 £ 1,225 £ a. a. 17 1 £ 90,337 £ 551 £ s. a. 0 12 2 £ 90,337 156 £ s. d. 0 3 5 Whangarei-Kamo 68,241 *617 0 18* 1 69,961 *717 106 69,721 **81 0 2* 4 69,722 *692 0 1910 70,095 *398 0 li' 4 70,095 1*126 1 12 2 72,090 **244 0 *6 9 70,145 15,080 49,622 71,287 ( 184,584 {1,727,703 252,940 • 860,318 49,776 103,587 1,427,489 "646 0 18 5 70,145 24,306 49,942 85,690 ( 184,584 I 1,882,058 122,865 ■ 861,739 39,522 139,933 1,429,178 "807 1 *3 0 Kaihu Marton-Te Awamutuf (North End) | Auckland Napier -161 "l20 0 *4 10 60,780 182,869 135,501 104,838 108,978 1,688,971 161,186 662,832 64,708 7,785 99,018 1,400,674 49,054 178,377 1,720,587 134,414 656,164 133,390 1,200 103,452 1,408,900 52,226 f 184,354 (1,725,583 168,465 I 847,918 J *2,369 103,452 { 1,416,947 54,420 ( 184,585 \ 1,725,333 208,819 (■ 857,243 \ 18*959 103,587 U,425,225 1,545,181 81,437 559,800 12,109 37,929 2 91 1,672,506 51,694 628,669 7,303 19*228 130 1,807,971 112,500 659,892 28,160 23'950 1 6* 6 I 33,210 1 16 11 I 28,351 1 9 10 I 42,342 ) 2 4 4 1 39,756 2 17 I 40,439 2 2 3 1 42,533 2 12 Unopened Opened Unopened 27,647 4 18 9 29'341 4 13* 4 27*645 4 3* 9 31,'346 4 14* 7 34*214 5 i 3 I 55,473 74,952 t 77,767 } 76,224 Marton-Te Awamutuf (South End) \ Wanganui Opened 2 6 10 3 2 10 3 5 0 3 2 8 1,349,900 18,330 41,815 81650 0 1210 1,398,738 7*255 0 10* 4 1,403,041 9,765 0 1311 I 13,312 0 17 9 I 23,919 1 11 7 Welling ton - Eoxton (private line) Wellington Unopened 41,816 41,798 4i,895 4i,898 42,117 42,117 42,117 42,117 Opened Unopened 815,000 92,762 17,129 5,168 7,288,049 355,199 180,300 15,959 127,230 . 37,777 20,850 2 11 2 961,871 18,236 17,334 5,169 7,428,502 419,786 189,393 15,959 127,234 54,549 22,036 2 5 10 966,386 49,344 20,229 5,169 7,574,218 440,437 195,114 15,959 127,234 69,389 19,436 2 0 3 976,465 74,510 26,163 5,169 7,580,494 503,240 199,121 15,959 127,234 92,274 20,753 2 2 6 1,050,095 15,459 27,206 5,169 7,805,935 430,666 200,219 15,959 127,234 99,784 25,623 2 8 10 1,051,577 15,194 27,498 5,169 7,971,242 329,426 200,231 15,959 127,234 100,011 29,820 2 16 9 1,054,405 17,237 27,498 5,169 8,322,942 40,007 200,288 15,959 127,234 117,748 28,698 2 14 5 1,067,812 25,383 27,502 5,169 8,328,213 72,906 200,288 15,959 127,234 153,327 31,608 2 19 3 1,072,596 42,927 27,502 5,169 8,362,183 100,303 200,288 15,959 127,234 32,884 3 14 Surveys Miscellaneous Hurunui-Bluff 2 15 10 258*572 3 1 10 Opened •Unopened Opened Unopened 239,601 3 5* 9 196," 488 2 12*11 204,192 2 13*11 222,714 2 18* 9 276*016 3 10* 9 270*881 3 711 232,258 271*566 3 5 3 Greymouth 9*850 5 9 3 10," 437 5 10* 2 11,450 5 17* 5 18*188 6 12* 6 8,'338 4 3* 3 91675 4 16* 8 11*556 5 15 5 101769 5 *7 6 101246 5 2 4 „ Harbour Works Greymouth-Hokitika Westport Harbour Works Nelson Opened 214,402 14,111 166,700 8,214 195,800 23,805 300,241 8,*492 3 19 2 214,804 14,111 163,965 12,500 198,570 28,130 162,595 10*385 4 16* 8 222,894 14,111 165,178 12,500 198,494 30,465 105,072 8*444 3 15* 9 232,934 14,111 165,087 12,500 198,548 32,442 75,590 13*000 5 11* 8 13*696 6 i' 0 12*588 5 10* 9 16*613 7 6 0 227,496 14,111 165,609 12,500 ' 204,917 56,341 48,908 25,000 37,644 5,168 15*147 6 13 2 171,032 227,495 14,111 165,009 12,537 204,917 57,591 44,431 25,000 37,665 5,168 512 15,669 0*6 0 6-17 9 Picton Opened Unopened Opened Unopened 2*206 278 16 6 0 2 10 1*764 **94 1 i' 6 0 611 1J429 -270 0 17* 4 l,'i30 *252 0 13* 8 0 2* 6 226,415 14,111 165,448 12,500 199,033 32,568 81,423 25,000 37,600 5,168 **96 1*274 0 i' 2 0 12*10 227,354 14,111 165,447 12,500 199,151 43,847 66,124 25,000 37,619 5,168 -2,230 *284 0 210 227,496 14,111 165,609 12,500 202,491 49,148 47,379 25,000 37,619 5,168 2*048 1*564 1 "i 9 0 15 5 **967 81 0 ii 8 0 '6 9 -194 -95 Stock .. .. .. Stock in suspense Surveys Miscellaneous Opened 36,117 5,169 37,095 5,169 37,094 5,169 37,572 5,168 Total opened .. Total unopened 12,472,814 1,253,352 357,078 2 17 3 13,017,567 1,201,549 299,696 2 6 0 13,352,978 1,250,131 307,515 2 6 0 13,472,837 1,402,350 350,570 2 12 0 13,899,955 1,264,803 412,782 2 19 5 14,278,586 1,065,637 420,998 2 18 11 14,656,091 841,092 408,914 2 15 9 14,733,120 1,033,412 449,380 3 10 15,137,036 805,097 437,434 2 17 9 Gross total 13,726,166 357,078 2 12 0 14,219,116 299,696 2 2 2 15,760,532 449,380 2 17 0 15,942,133 437,434 2 14 10 14,603,109 307,515 2 2 1 14,875,187 350,570 2 7 2 15,164,758 412,782 2 14 5 15,344,223 420,998 2 14 10 15,497,783 408,914 2 12 9